Easy Beef and Beer Chili Recipe - Cooking For My Soul (2024)

This delicious one pot Beef and Beer Chili is perfect for those cold winter days. A bowl of pure comfort with awesome bold flavors. My easy Beef and Beer Chili makes a big pot too, so you can freeze it or bring it to a party!

Chili, in general, is so versatile and can be made in so many ways. This Beef and Beer Chili version is one of my favorites! Beef chili, in general, is absolutely delicious, but the beer gives it the additional boost of flavor that makes my beef chili THE best chili ever. At least in my opinion 🙂

Chili is all about how it makes me feel: cozy, comforted, and happy. Especially if you give me some cornbread to go with it. Oh…game day chili also counts!

What’s in this Easy Beef Chili Recipe?

• ground beef
• beer
• onion and garlic
• green bell pepper
• cumin
• chili powder
• tomato paste and crushed tomatoes
• chicken stock
• kidney beans

Try to imagine all these delicious beef and beer chili ingredients in one pot, cooked until all the flavors have developed. Yum!

How to Make Beef and Beer Chili

If you’re thinking about dumping all the ingredients and cooking it, think twice. The trick to making super delicious beef chili is during the first few steps of the cooking process, which involves browning the meat and infusing it with garlic and lots of spices.

Here’s how you do it (more details in the recipe card):

1. Cook and brown the ground beef in a large Dutch Oven. Season with salt and pepper.
2. Add diced onions and diced bell peppers, and cook for about 8 minutes. Then add the remaining aromatics: garlic, tomato paste, chili powder, and cumin. Cook until fragrant.
3. Stir in black beans.
4. Add the beer (I used Modelo Negra) and let it infuse everything. Cook until reduced. Up until this step is when all the flavors have come out. It will smell like heaven!
5. The add crushed tomatoes, chicken or beef stock, and bring to a boil. Simmer for about 45 minutes to 1 hour. Season with salt and pepper.

What to Serve this Chili With?

Let me say one thing first – cornbread is a must! Chili MUST be eaten with cornbread. No exceptions! Try my Cast Iron Skillet Cornbread Recipe!

Then the rest, is up to you, especially for toppings. Here are some ideas:

• sour cream
• avocado
• cheese
• pico de gallo
• tortilla chips

There are so many good beef chili recipes out there and so many ways to make it. I feel like every time I want to make chili, I must try a different recipe. Because life is too short. But…this one pot beef and beer chili is SO DAMN GOOD that I think I may stick to this one for a while.

I hope you enjoy this recipe. And thank you for reading along! 🙂

Other Cozy Soup Recipes to Enjoy

• Creamy Turkey and Wild Rice Soup
• Easy Lentil Soup with Carrots and Kale
• Roasted Garlic and Cauliflower Soup

Kitchen Tips

• If you can’t find crushed tomatoes, get whole canned tomatoes and crush them by hand.
• This recipe is made for an 8 qt pot. If you don’t have a pot that big, reduce the ingredients to fit your pot or split it in 2 pots.

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